With 0.68 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 1.1 million shares. During the session, the Capital Markets company that operates in wider Financial sector, reached to the highest price of $47.9 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $46.76. The 52-week range on LAZ shows that it touched its highest point at $61.14 and its lowest point at $35.56 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $53.29. With its current market cap of 4.23 billion, LAZ has annualized dividend of $2.00 while the current yield stands at 4.25%. LAZ paid its most recent dividend on 1739145600, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1739145600. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.23.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of LAZ was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.95%, but this was down by -4.99% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -7.27% while six-month performance fell -7.14%. The stock gained 18.39% in the past year, while it has lost -8.57% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for LAZ yields 2.66 with Next year EPS estimates of 4.67. For the next quarter, that number is 0.60. This implies an EPS growth rate of 50.30% for this year and 32.69% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 32.75% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 0.60%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 90.30 million LAZ shares are outstanding with a float of 87.33 million shares on hand for trading. On 2025-02-28, short shares totaled 6.44 million, which was 716.0 higher than short shares on 1738281600. In addition to Mr. Peter R. Orszag as the firm’s CEO & Chairman, Ms. Mary Ann Betsch CPA serves as its Chief Financial Officer.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2024-12-31, LAZ reported revenue of $824744000.0 and operating income of $114770000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $138041000.0 and diluted EPS was $nan.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for LAZ since 5 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 3 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 2 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 0 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With LAZ analysts setting a high price target of 60.0 and a low target of 42.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 53.375. Based on these targets, LAZ could surge 27.47% to reach the target high and fall by -10.77% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 13.39% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $2.22312 being high and $1.94778 being low. For LAZ, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $2.10075. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $0.8 and the low estimate is $0.49. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $0.69.
